UA’s Sonic Frontiers Presents Transcontinental Concert

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series presents its first transcontinental, telematic concert Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 8:30 p.m in the Moody Music recital hall.

The Norwegian-French quartet Dans les arbres will perform at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs simultaneously with the Dewar/Feeney/Hopson Trio at The University of Alabama, connected via high-speed Internet2.

Telematic concerts unite artists over the web in real-time, creating new forms of collaborative art and conjoining multiple communities. This concert is jointly presented by Sonic Frontiers, the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs music department, and the Peak FreQuency Creative Arts Collective.

“Dans les arbres is a collaborative quartet made up of one Frenchman and three Norwegians: Xavier Charles (clarinet, harmonica), Ivar Grydeland (acoustic guitar, prepared banjo, sruti box), Christian Wallumrød (piano), and Ingar Zach (percussion, bass drum),” said Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, UA associate professor in New College and the School of Music.

“The group’s music features  amazingly unique colors, textures and rhythms, exploring new areas of their instruments and creating atmospheric soundscapes that simultaneously soothe, captivate and challenge listeners,” Dewar said.

The Dewar/Feeney/Hopson Trio is an improvising group made up of University of Alabama professors Dewar (soprano saxophone), Tim Feeney (percussion) and Holland Hopson (electronics). The three musicians have extensive international expertise in a range of genres of music, from new music, to electronic music and jazz.

Sonic Frontiers is a cutting-edge concert series of innovative and experimental music that enriches the cultural life of West Alabama and invites creative exchange between world-class performers of adventurous music, students and the greater community through public performances and lively post-concert discussions.

All Sonic Frontiers events are free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by The University of Alabama’s New College, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Music and Creative Campus. For more information, phone 205/348-9928 or visit: http://sonicfrontiers.ua.edu

UA’s New College is a part of the College of Arts & Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships, Truman Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.